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SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION RETURNS LIBERAL GOVERNMENT TO POWER Hon. W. M. Martin Scored Persona! Triumph in Regina, Receiving 7,301 Out of 10,376 Votes Cast- One Woman Returned. A despatch from Regina, Sask.,' ays: The Martin Government was returned t? power en Thursday in Saskatchewan, p.ml its supporters; clainie-I at midnight that the Adminis- tration would command from 40 to 45: votes cut of f,3 in the ns-w Legislature. Th9 Independents, who went into, the contest without Provincial organ-, iiation or Provincial leadership, will! have frcm 15 to 20 members, it is! be'ievrj. L"bcr elcc! --.1 cnc member and the Ccn:ervs.ti'/c3 or.j. The four candidates of the Non- partisan Lsa.srue are defeated. A'. 11.30 p.m. the Government claimed the e'.ecthn of 37 members ar.l 10 seits were conceded to the Opposition. Hon. Geo'ge Lar^ley was defeated in Redberry by Gsrrgs Ccckburn. With two polls to ba heard from, Cock-burn had a majority of 163 over the Minister, and it was admitted that they could not overcome this lead. The suggestion has been made hit Mr. Langicy may b2 a candidate in one cf the c'sferrcd elections. Harris Turr-er, or.* of the leading men in the Independent movement, v.-a- elected in Sa-katcon city, but W. T. Badger, associated with him in ths movement, was defeated by J. A. Wilson in Rosetowr. Mrs. Sarah Rams'.'r. i, the only wo-; man in the field, was elected for Pelly, in a four-cornered contest, in which sha defeated a Conservative, an In-: dependent and a Non-partisan. She' sat in the last Legitlature. Returns from the rural districts came in sl.>wly, and the results in many constituencies were far from being known at midnight. Prefer Martin's election in Re- gina, a two-member constituency, with a vote of 7,301 out of 10,376 votes j cast, was a personal triumph. By all but 462 votes he equalled the total; vote of the three defeated candidates. GOLD MIKE FOUND IN MANITOBA MOST IMPORTANT YET IN CANADA The first picture taken of the The Esperanto won the Halifax Herald trophy last fail for being the schooner in the North Atlantic fishing fleet. e ran to. fastest DK-LI *r*"v'irir RICH MEfflSOMTE RESERVE IS SOLD . Q Capitalists Buv 107 000 .5. Capitalist- uy 1U/.UUU Acres Ct Saskatchewan Farming Land. Coal and Oil in the Far North. Report of Rich Strike at Elbow Lake is Confirmed Vei- Said to be Sixty Feet Wide and to Contain Much Free Gold. A despatch from The P?.>, Mir..., say*-: Confirmation is given to the report of an impotent aix'- rich gold strike at Elbow Lake, in the Athapa- puskow Mineral A /en -r.i east of '.he fan: -us Gordon Dyi-.e. .-.i'scovcTe-J 1 -.st ' Summer. The firvi v ;s made by Mur- ray Brothers a - -. w.ei3 ago. causing a number of miring men to! hasten to the spot. Some have return- i ed here with a remark.ib!e a.-co'jnt of a vein sixty feet wide, wherein fre* o!d is seen scattered a:! ?' out. The- vein is capped by an iron formation, and it outcrops at several peirts. Miteing men hers virw the discov- ery as the me-?? impurtar.t made ire Canada. Untz. it.e vein is stripped and the -whole wi.ith and length re- vealed, it is only po?s''-/: to g"je-3 at the valuer and tor'. GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO OPEN EXHIBITION of Vimy Will Of- ficiate in Toronto on Aug. 27. A despatch from Toronto says: Lord Byng's first official act as Gov- A despatch from Regirn, rays: The old colony at Swift Cur- rent, Menr.cnite reserve, containing 107,000 acres cf the best agricultural lands in Saskatchewan, has been sold to Florida capitalists headed by James J. Logan, Jacksonville. Fla., and Jas. F. Taylor, Tampa, Fla., for a total of $4,800,000 and the first cash payment involved has been deposited by ths purchasers. By the terms of the agreement tranifers have been de- posited with the Saskatchewan Mort- gage and Trust Company of Regina, trustee of the Mennonites. It means that about 75 per cerct. of the Men- The fact that the axis of the eart'.i aocut twenty-three and one-half de- grees is responsible for the existence of climatic zones and e?.De~::-uly for the prolonged cold and darkness of the Arctic winter. But the axis has Lord Byng Former Commander of the Canadian forces In France, whose appointment as Governor-General of Cnada it of- ficially announced. Death Calls Lunatic Who Fired on Queen Victoria A despatch from London says: Ro<!>iOck McLean, who attempted to ehoot Queen Victoria on March 2, 1882, and was subccquer.tly incarcer- ated as a d'angerou.s lunatic, has just died at Broaiimoor Asylum. The attempted murder of the Queer, occurred at WhuUor folio-wing the ar- rival of the Royal train conveying th yu*en, Prince-.i Beatrice and the Court from Lor .ton. The Queon had just walked across the platform of the Windsor station to th* carriage-in- 'A ;;ing when McLean, who was stand- ing among a number of spectators, de- liberately fired a revolver at her. Th* shot missed and tht? Queen was at once driven to the Castle. accept an invitation, cabled to him, as , soon as his appointment wai announ- ced, to open Toronto Exhibition. Managing Director Kent has re- ceived the reply: "Warmest thanks for congratu- lations. Shall be proud to open the Canadian National Exhibi- tion, Warriors' Day, Saturday, August 27, at 2.30 pjn. (Sgd.) "Byng of Vimy." Other Governors-Genera! who have been: Earl of Dufferin. Marquis of' Lome, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Stanley, j Lord Aberdeen, Earl Grey. Duke ofj Coimaught and Duke of Devonshire, j who have officiated have been Beverley Robinson (five trimes), Sir; Geo. Kirkpatrick, Sir Oliver Mowat . (in 1898. having in 1882 had the samej honor while Premier of Ontario), Sir' Mortimer Clark, Sir J. M. Gibson, and Sir John Hendri*. Doninlan Premiers officiating have be?n: Sir John Macdonald, Sir John Thompson, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and j Sir Robert Borden. Provincial Premiers: Hon. A. S. Harriy, Sir Geo. Rosa, Sir James Whitney, and Sir Louis Jette (Que- bec). Of all "unofficial" notables who have acted, the most distinguished was, of course, the Prince of Wales, two years ago. Others have been: Major -General Herbert, Major-Gen- eral Hutton, Earl Dundonald. Lord Strathccna, Sir Wm. Mulock, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Gen. Baden- Powell, Sir Geo. Parley, Buron Shaughnessy, and Sir Auckland will leave shortly to settle on a large tract of land in Florida. Under the terms of the contract the vendors leave their farms with their personal belongings only, all chattels, farm machinery, houses, churches, schools, etc.. become the property of the purchasers. There are four hundred complete sets of build- ings in excellent repair. 50 000 acre-s in crop; 80,000 acres under cultivation. In the territory bought by the Flor- idians are the towns of Duneim, Ne- Wymark and Blu- purchasers intend to start at once to bring American farm- long periods th< round in a position that made the axis much nearer vertical. During those periods the climate was much more nearly uniform afl over the earth, and the vegetation at the poles I was r.ct greatly unlike that in thej tropics. It is hard for us to imagine snch a condition of affairs, but there is plenty of evit-ence that it really existed. One of the most interesting discoveries made by explorers in the far north | is that of great coal seams freely ex- posed in the rocks of the seashore. The country that now lies under sev- eral thousand feet of ice and snow, and that reproduces for us to-day the aspect that all the northern countries of the globe presented during the ' groat glacial ages, was once warm and equable in climate and covered , with the luxuriant growth cf tree ; ferns that was th distinguishing i characteristic of the Carboniferous ' Editors as Exhibit They are shameless, abandoned people in Scuch America. They make fun of editors: T',.- following paragraph appeared in the Buenc-s Ayres Herald recently: "At the Press Club Carnival ru:: the editors of all the papers in town will be on view from one to two in the morning, free and for nothing, a spe- cial cage having been built to huM their bodies, and another arrangement for the support of their weighty brows. TL'ise who have ever yet s-eea such people in the raw, so to gpeak. are advised to bock early and avoid the rush, but the public is hereby warned that nothing mar be poked through the bars, the exhibits having regular feeding times, even as you and I." BRITISH TROOPS HALT SILESIA FIGhTOG I -thern a m^ion . 01 ir<r Greenland above the I has a very ' mois- ' , and' along the northern coast as thev are in purchase price. CEREALS FALL OFF 88,000,000 BUSHELS Their Excellencies Sail for England July 19 A despatch from Ottawa ays: It is crficially announced from the Gov- urnnient House that Their Excellen- cies, the Duke and Duchess of Devon- shire, will sail from Quebec for Eng- iand on July 19th on the Empress of France. A despatch from London says: When the Duke of Devonshire returns to England from Canada, after laying down his duties as Governor-General, he will retire entirely from publif life and pass much of his time at Chats- worth, which is now being prepared for his reception. It is understood tht the Duvhess will resume hex former appointment of Mistress of the Rotes to CJueen Mary. Fish hnve been discovered in Africa, the female of which carries her newly- hatchert yourfg in her mouth. The only woman who ever opened the fair was Lady Kirkpatrick, in 1897. Success. United States Crop Promises Good Yields, Though Less Than Last Year. A despatch from^y. Washington says: A crop ot2,49<5,Qlm).000 bushels wheat, oats, rye and barley is fore- cast by the Government report for June. Thas is 88,000,000 bushels less than last year's harvest, but sug- gests good yields, and might be en- larged should present prospects main- tain through till harvest, which ts already under way in winter wheat in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Successful he who strives, e'en though he fail; His conscience gives applause along the way. Thus does he win Eternal Holy Grail! His sun Is ever bright though clouds obscure the day Strive on and keep your Ideal to the fore; Faiut heart can never win; nor here, nor there. For In this day. as In the days of yore, Achievement comes with courage and with prayer. As perfume rare distilled from violet, As lark's rich note, that mankind ever bless, So he who burden bears without re- j gret Has solved Life's Problem; has achieved success! Warren E. Comstock. bushels of winter and 251.000,000 bushels of spring wheat, a total of t 829.000,000 bushels, while the crop last year was 787,000,000 bushe'.s. Winter wheat estimates of 578,000,- 000 bushels show a loss of 51.000.000 bushels from the May returns. ThU was attributed to numerous frosts late in April and early in May. and to drought in the South-west where the bulk of the losses have occurrou. rocks Dr. MaoMillan, the explorer, has seen ccal seams ten and even fifteen ' feet in thickness, so easily mined that the Eskimos can pick the coal out with their rude implements. The dif- ; ficulties of getting to the region, the , inconvenience* of riving there and the still greater difficulties of getting any i cargoes away make those great coal beds of no present commercial value; but it is interesting to know that they . . . There is reason to believe, too, that in the barren and inclement region to the southeast of Hudson's Bay ! there are groat fields of oii. The country is almost unexplored, but there are Indian reports of oil oo7ing from the soil in means, of course, now so inhospitable and sterile, was' once abundantly supplied with life. either marine or terrestrial. It is !>y no means unlikely tha* it will become in the not distant future me tt th- chief sources of petroleum. A large deposit of platinum has re- cently been discovered near Sulphur Rock. Ark., according to late reports. According to scientists sounds are diverted and lessened during rain.' That is because the falling rain "twists" the sound waves from their course. Dictator in Silesia. Adalbert Korfanty, leader of the In- surgent troops In the disputed Baltic area. How Ccramonaense cf Gener- al Henniker is Preventing Bloodshed. A despatch from Rosenberg, Brit- ish Front. Upper Sile--ia. says: The recently arrived "hard-bc^ed" Britirt General. Her.r.iker, and the new Brit- ish P'.ebisoite Commissioner, Sir Har- old Stewtrt, are beginning to make their-seiveto decisivtly feit. The Bi-itkii have at Izst discovered a rou^fh, COJD- mon-sij^u- teduiLjae f;r handling 1 the Upp?r SilesLam dikmma and they h-ave begun putiing it into practice with the rejuit that the tension already shows signs of reiaxir.^r. There is a justified hcpe that the new British policy will succeed in liquidating the Upper ;?i!esian civil war speedily. The technique corg-jts essentially in British troops walking up to a po- sition of the insurgents and tel.'ir^ them in a few unmistakable word* to clear out. At th* same time the Ger- man imeguaar forces are told un- mistakably not u> advance. The ter- ritory thus eieare.} of innrrgent Pote* and kept clear of German irregnlarsv is called a "neutral zone." As fast as. it M cleared, German piebtscite poiicei under he command cf British officers^ are moved in and preserve law andi order, and the mixed German and! Polish popuiice rejoices and g^ws t work again, and everybody is happy and satisfied, eiccept the civil war profiteers and their friencis with ulter- wr motives. The natural way cf walking is wfth the toes pointed straight ahead andl not turned outwards. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitci* wheat No. 1 Northern. tl.ro 5 * ; No. 2 Northern. S1.87S : No. 3 Northern, $1.80%; No. 4 wheat, $1.72 M>. Manitoba oats No. 2 CW. 47Sc: No. 4 CW, 78Hc; rejected, "OSc; feed. No. 1 feed. 40t,c; No. 2 fetd, 39So. Manit.-)ba barley No. 3 CW, 81 %c; No. 4 CW JS^c; rejected. 70%c; feed. ARMY WORMS STRIP N.B. FORESTS AND DELAY TRAINS A despatch from St. John. N.B.. says: Tra^nraen report millions of caterpillars or army worms between FrterictMi Junction and Harvey, on the Canadian Paoiric Railway '.incs, and, that train travel has been greatly impeded. An official f.iid that for males the forest has been stripped of foliage and tht tracks are covered ; with tbfse worms which grease the rails so badly that freight trains are , having a hard time g-ettinir over this sectio-n and poscenjrer trains have to double or cut and be conveyed in two sections. All of the C.P.R. trains have Ix^n equipped 1 with spoc.ial steam jets which .are placed in front of the wheels and a 200-pound pressure of steam U used to he'.p clear the worms off the rails. The condatiicr. rv ir-jr from this invasion is said to be the worst ever experienced by the C.P.R. in tihtis district. All above in store. Fort Wuiia.-n. Ontario wheat K.o.b. shipping points according to freights out?i<ie, No. 2 spring. $1.40 to S1.4P; No. 2 winter, 81. SO to 81.1)0; No. 2 goose wh"&r. noir..r.a'. Amp'-ican corn Prompt shipment. N'o. 2 yellow, c.Lf. hay ports. 7;k. nominal. Ontario oats No. 3 white, 42 to -'.-. .. --. 'ilirg t> freight:- o;- Barley Malting, (5o to 7(k-. accord- ir.g to freights outs Ont.irio flour Winter, prompt ship- ment, straight run b'i!k, seaboard, $7.50. Peas No. 2. $1.30 to $1.35. Manitoba flour Track. Toronto: Firtt pats.. $10.50; secoriti p:it.< . <li>. Buckwheat nominal. Rye No. '2. $1.40. Mii'.t'eed Cartels, delivered. Toron- to t'reights. bag? include..!: Bran. p<>r ton. S2"i to $2'J; shorts, per ton, $25 to $31; >rhitL> midd'.in^rs. $38; feed flour. S1.7H to $2.10. Cheee New. large, 18 to liV; t-.vins. 184 to Id'-sc; triplets. '.:' to 2tV; old. larife. 33 to 34c: oo. tv.-ins. 38 H to 34 4c: triplets. 344 to 35c; New Stilt, n, 21 to 22c. Butter Fresh dairy, choice, 25 to 2(io; creanu>ry prints, fresh, No. 1, 30 '.;> :>2^: <v.. ki-.-r, 19c. Mai-parine 24 to 2'V. Fggs No. 1, 33 to 34..-; seUv :>4 to 36c; cartons. 3(5 to 37c. Beans Can. hxind- picked bushel, $2.Sii to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.. Maple products Syrup, per imp. gal.. &J.50; per 5 imp. gals., $2.35. Maple sugur, Ibs., 19 to 22c. Honey fiO-30-R>. this. 19 to 20e per to.; 5-24-ib. tins. 21 to 22e per Vb.y Ontario comb honey, at $7 per 15-^ section ^ase. Sa:.>ked ni*ai; Hams, med., 36 W 3Sc; heavy. 30 to 31<r; cookedv 48 to' 32-r; rolls, 27 to 28c; cottage ralis. 28! to 29c: brtakfast bacon 33 to 38c; speciaJ brand breakfast bucon, 45 tot. 47c; boneless, 41 to 4>c. Cured meat? Lcng clear bacon. 17! to 18c; clear bellies, 15 to Ific. Lard Pure, tierres, ll 1 * to 1 r-bs. 12 to 12Sc: pails. 12> to 12 prin. 14 to 14V-. Shortening tier 1 to HHc; tubs. 114 to 12c; pails,, 12 to 124c; prints, 14 to U^c. rh.-ior he .ivy -tc.rs. $8.50 to $8? good hwy steers. $8 to $8.50; bt- chers' cattle choice. $8 to $9; do, good, $7.50 to $8; <!->, med., $7 to $7.50; do, crn>... SB.50 to $7; butrhs* oows. choice, S6.50 to $7; do. good, ,$6 to $<5.50; do. com.. $5 to $fi; but- chers' buiis. poeu. Jii *o $7; do, com.,, :$4 to $6; feeders, ben. $7.60 to S8; , dp, 900 Ibs.. $7 to $7.'i>; ( }o. 800 Iba.,, $n.75 to S5.7."): Ho, com.. $5 to $6; can-' ners and cutters, $2 to $4: milkers, j good to choxe. $oO to $36; do. com, and med.. $30 to SoO; choU-e springrers, $4f> to S^O; -a:v s. ycariings. $10 to $12; do. spring $17 to $18; sheep., L-h.-ico. $< ,, *i..ui : i ,. com., S3 to $4; i-alves. gcrxl to ci i\ $1(1 to $12; hops, fed ;r- '. .vrero-i, S3. 50 to $9.73j - ' ' : ^-ar?. $9.75 to $10; ''; do, country , points. $?.."( to j^.T.V Montreal. Oats, Car.. We?t. N'c. 2. tl'j to 62c; N.\ 3, 53 to 57>:. Flour. Man, spring wht patsw. firsts, ?10.5(V RoUed .\ats. bigs. I'O !b., $3.15. Bran, $27.25. Short*. ?2y.?'. Hj-, No. 2, per ton. car lot.5, $21 to $22. Cheese, ftne?r ts-.^ems. 15 ' 3 to ISc, Butter, choicest creamery. 30 to 30HC, Egg's, selecte-i, 34v. Potatoes, pel bag, car lots. b'O to Ooc. Calves. $5 to Sv Umhs. $11 W : '. -hoer. *.". Hofrs. $10.50. REGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnet . , ^